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MARION, Kan. — The best efforts by some aside, it really hasn’t been business as usual in Marion the last few days, either for the town or the Marion County

Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual. What’s rare in a democratic society is a police raid on a news organization’s office or the home of its

“This town has a history that if you speak up against the people in power, they will get you somehow,” the Marion County Record’s editor said. “Which is kind of what has happened to us.”

Friday’s raids have been widely condemned by press freedom watchdogs as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press.

Amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a police chief, a local newspaper's office was raided by the police over allegedly obtaining information illegally, prompting press freedom concerns

By JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MARION, Kan. — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech as the newspaper struggled Monday to publish its next edition, days after police raided its office and the home of its owner and

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into a widely condemned police raid of the Marion County Record — but the target of their investigation remains unclear.

MARION, Kansas The best efforts by some aside, it really hasn’t been business as usual in Marion the last few days, either for the town or the Marion County Record.

MARION, Kan. — The best efforts by some aside, it really hasnt been business as usual in Marion the last few days, either for the town or the Marion County

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